Filed under: Fashion, Paris Hilton, Paris Hilton Art
Models complained about “boat-like” footwear and lack of locust snacks backstage
PARIS HILTON COLLECTION: REVIEW
Monday, February 25, 2008
Photo Illustration by 14
Fashion Week Correspondent: Candy Kirby
Paris may be renowned for its springtime, but it’s in the last weeks of February that fashion blossoms here, and what more appropriate way to kick off the celebration than with a show from a “designer” with the same name, Paris Hilton.
The debut of Hilton’s footwear collection, greatly anticipated by drag queens, basketball players and circus clowns, made a splash in the City of Lights — quite literally, as the models escaped at one point to bathe themselves in a fountain on the Place de la Concorde. In a move questioned by many industry insiders, Hilton employed a flock of lookalikes to model the shoes because, as she put it, “What could be hotter than me?”
After the show, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour grumbled something about a “slow, painful death” for her assistant and the models’ “disgustingly chunky” legs, while the models were seen violently kicking off the shoes and screeching that they could have used them to cross the Seine.
Circus Hour Fashion Daily tried to reach Hilton for comment, but she was too busy admiring her reflection in the mirror to respond.
Posted by 14 and Candy ♦ February 25, 2008
At 1:57 pm martini lover said:
i love you two gals! this made my day.
February 25, 2008
At 2:23 pm javelin said:
ahahaha… brlliant! a creature that walks like Paris Hilton. I could use a pair of those as snoeshows maybe.
February 25, 2008
At 2:52 pm michal she said:
LOL Ostriches are HOT.
February 25, 2008
At 5:13 pm Indian, Please! said:
I loves me some GAMS.
February 25, 2008
At 5:18 pm Jenn F. said:
Now THAT’S what I’m talkin’ ’bout. Classic 14 artwork (love those many details) combined with the killer commentary by Candy. You two are a lethal team. Me love you long time.
February 25, 2008
At 6:27 pm DeAnna said:
i realize paris has a new line of hoofwear out but in the midst of all this excitement please be reminded that jlo did have twins a few days ago. thank you for your prompt and immediate attention.
by the way is that posh on the other side of the runway?
DeAnna
February 25, 2008
At 7:34 pm Kipling said:
Nice! I see three ostriches every morning on my way to the office and I’ll be thinking of Paris when I see them again, standing in the snow with their bare pimply ostrich legs shivering in the breeze. Sometimes the zebras scare them off though. Darn zebras.
February 25, 2008
At 8:06 pm Thorne Smith said:
Ah, 14… I love your Paris collection. Ostrich or Emu models this year? Either way, it’s Wonk-a-liscious!
February 25, 2008
At 10:49 pm 14 said:
Thanks everyone - I’ve missed you and am happy to see many of my GOTA regulars here in my new home. A big thank you to Maya for sending me the hilarious large handed Paris photo I used in the illustration above.
xoxo
14
February 25, 2008
At 7:30 am EVA said:
When is she coming out with the Paris Hilton wonkey eye and hook nose set? Halloween is just around the corner.
I’m just sayin’…..
February 26, 2008
At 8:49 pm CPTWilly said:
Oh 14, I really want to say something pithy or funny, but nothing compares to that picture. It’s just, “Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.”
February 26, 2008
At 9:57 am Demon kitty said:
I am so sick of Big Foot, that is what she should be called! This was fucking hysterical! She does resemble and Ostrich - a cross between Big Foot and an Ostrich.
I love the way you added Bitch Wintour to the picture! Now THAT is someone who needs to die a slow, agonizing, death …
February 27, 2008